T-shirt club
From Fab Lab wiki
| The t-shirt club makes custom shirts for profit. They use a computer drawing program and the internet for designs and a computer-controlled knife cutter to make the silk screen mask. Then they print the shirt (or anything) by hand. Club members also use a computer spreadsheet to keep their orders and cash ledger.
In the first two weeks of operation, club members have already experienced business considerations such as pricing, cash accountability, stock management, quality control, delivery requirements and consequences, business goals & plans, scaling, and more. In 14 days the club earned $142 "take home profit", paid $19 in "use fees" to the FabLab and deposited $20 into the club account. (On day 15 the students received 6 more orders!) More than a week on and the club is still going strong with a small amount of remote mentoring. Club members are aproximately 15-18 years old. |
 Designing a t-shirt on the computer |
 The design after removing the lettering with a tweezers |
 Placing the design on the screen before turning it over and placing it on the t-shirt |
 Placing the screen on the shirt before applying the paint |
 Looks like it's red lettering for this t-shirt |
 Spreading the paint onto the silk screen |
 The finished product |
 Another satisfied customer |
 Designs for sale at the Taj |
